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WCW Monday Nitro

This was a weekly professional wrestling program produced by World Championship Wrestling. The show aired Monday nights on TNT, in opposition to the World Wrestling Federation's Monday Night Raw from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001. Production ceased after WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation.

Season 1 Characters

Season 1 Videos

Season 1 Quotes

Bobby Heenan: [the lights suddenly go down as Eric Bischoff is talking about Sting and Lex Luger facing Harlem Heat] Did someone blow a fuse? What's going on?The Master: [Sitting on a throne elevated several feet above the floor] SULLIVAN!Bobby Heenan: Uh oh.The Master: [Speaking loudly but slowly] MY SON! THE INSURANCE PACKAGE HAS BEEN DELIVERED! FROM NORTH OF KATMANDU, FROM THE HIMALAYAS AND FROM THE NORTH FACE OF MOUNT EVEREST, THE SHERPA GUIDES HAVE DUG OUT A THIRTEEN TON OF ICE! SULLIVAN, IN CHICAGO [the camera shows the giant block of ice] , WHEN YOU COLLECT THE WHISKERS OF THE RARE WHITE BENGAL TIGER. HE WANDERS NOW. HE HAS THUS SURRENDERED HIS COLORS. HE WANDERS IN DARKNESS. YOU SEE MY SON, THE EYES OF THE DEMON WILL COME CALLING ON HULK HOGAN AT HALLOWEEN HAVOC!Eric Bischoff: Oh man, forget about Nightmare on Elm Street, we've got nightmare live right here in Huntsville. Mean Gene Okerlund is standing by, take it Geno.Gene Okerlund: [Camera pulls back to show Okerlund standing with Kevin Sullivan and the Giant] I thank you Eric Bischoff. Ladies and gentlemen, I have the Giant, the man that's going to be facing Hulk Hogan man vs. man, machine vs. machine, this Sunday in Detroit. [Turns to Sullivan] Taskmaster Kevin Sullivan [points to the Master] what is the meaning of this man being here and what is this iceberg all about?Kevin Sullivan: [Points to the ice] THIS is the insurance policy. My father went with the Sherpa guides to get the Yeti, to bring it back. We thought he surrendered the colors of yellow and red, but now he wears black because he walks in the land of madness. [Giant is rubbing his hands together and smiling] You see, I was right, evil does dwell in Hulk Hogan's heart, and I myself don't believe there is one bit of goodness left. [Crowd is chanting "Hogan Hogan"] You see, this is the only insurance that this big man needs.Gene Okerlund: All right I thank you Kevin Sullivan. I don't know what's in there, Giant, but I'm nervous.The Giant: [Grabs Gene's wrist] [evil laugh] Hogan, the rare white Bengal tiger, the biggest cat in the jungle. [Sullivan's eyes are rolling back into his head] You're running out of lives, Hogan. When I get you in the ring, Halloween Havoc, I will take your last life from you, and the WCW Heavyweight Championship Belt. You will find that the one true immortal is not you, but me, the Giant, the immortal Giant! [Evil laugh]Gene Okerlund: [Turns back to Sullivan] This guy's finely tuned for Halloween Havoc. [Giant continues to laugh evilly] I don't know what you've done to him Taskmaster Kevin Sullivan, but he is ready.Kevin Sullivan: He's ready, but what I saw sent shivers down my spine. When we plucked the whiskers of the rare white Bengal tiger [Giant imitates plucking whiskers] it snapped something inside of him and, like my father said, this has to be stopped. In Detroit, Hogan, the insurance policy is near [Giant does a throat-slashing gesture] . The WCW World Heavyweight Belt will be the Giant's.The Giant: Mine!

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Himself - Announcer: [during the Owen Hart tribute match] We're gonna call this one not as announcers, but as wrestling fans.

Season 1 Trivia

Episode 162 - A fan threw a drink that hit Eric Bischoff when he was walking to the ring to confront Ric Flair during the "Ric Flair Day" proclamation with Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton, Flair, Kirby Puckett and John Randle (II).

Episode 204 - This was the Public Enemy's last appearance on Nitro and second-to-last WCW appearance ever.

Episode 286 - This was the series finale as well as the final wrestling card promoted by WCW. Interestingly, former WCW vice-president Eric Bischoff had intended to buy the company in order to keep it going. However, when the executives at AOL/Time-Warner informed him that they would no longer a

Episode 200 - The Insane Clown Posse made their WCW debuts here, assisting Vampiro against Rey Misterio Jr. and Konnan, with Raven joining in as well. This led to the formation of the Dead Pool.

Episode 204 - Brian Adams was kicked out of what remained of the NWO leading up to him being temporarily repackaged as the Kiss Demon.